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Chapter 16

In the upper floor of the Andingmen Tower on the east side of the north wall of Beijing's inner city, important officials from the Ming Dynasty who fought against the Qing army's cavalry invasion were gathering at this moment, discussing strategies for defending against the Qing army.

In addition to the governor Lu Xiangsheng, the cabinet minister Yang Sichang, and the director general Gao Qiqian, two servants from the Ministry of War and a nobleman from the imperial court participated in the discussion in the Andingmen tower. .12 Zhu Chunchen, son-in-law of Cheng Guogong.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen's confidant eunuch, the eunuch Ren Sili and Bingbi and the admiral of Dongchang, Cao Huachun, the head of the internal supervisor of the Jingying military administration, and several general soldiers who commanded the Beijing camp.

On weekdays, the cabinet minister Yang Sichang was very good at being a man, and he was extremely obedient and flattering to the eunuchs around the Emperor Chongzhen, especially when he saw the inner eunuch Wang Dehua or Cao Huachun and other eunuchs, he voluntarily took the lower position, so that the celebrities around the emperor were more expensive. Pang sits at the head.

The governor, Lu Xiangsheng, has always looked down upon these eunuchs and nobles. He always believes that as a minister of the court, he should not befriend the ministers.

Not to mention taking the initiative to curry favor with them, wouldn't it be a loss of the integrity of a scholar, not to mention that he has a resolute personality and never does things to follow others, so today he just made a little humility and directly dragged the cabinet minister Yang Sichang to sit down. The seat at the top.

Gao Qiqian, the supervising army, is used to being awe-inspiring in normal times, and he has always looked arrogant in front of the courtiers. Seeing such a scene today, he felt unhappy in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Cao Huachun, the chief eunuch of the admiral Dongchang, remained calm, just smiled politely, and then sat firmly in his seat, waiting for everyone present to speak and discuss matters.

Governor Lu Xiangsheng first spoke at the meeting. He was resolutely fighting against the faction, and his words were very impassioned, but everyone in the room was expressionless and looked at each other in silence. They had no opinion on Lu Xiangsheng's resolutely fighting against Act positive.

Lu Xiangsheng was very angry with everyone's performance, and he couldn't help asking sharply: "The eastern captives are now approaching the city and ravaging our Jifu land, but you are still so vacillating. Is it true that we are just watching the captives roaming around the capital and wantonly plundering?" Looting the people of Ming Dynasty is like entering the land of no one?"

All the people participating in the discussion were overwhelmed by Lu Xiangsheng's righteousness, even Yang Sichang, the cabinet minister, and Gao Qiqian, the director general, did not appear very angry.

They also persuaded Lu Xiangsheng not to be too eager. The relationship between the battle and defense is indeed very important. For this battle strategy against King Qin, it still needs to be considered slowly and carefully.

The discussion was at an impasse for a while, and Governor Lu Xiangsheng resolutely took the lead in the battle, and even proposed strategies such as fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, recruiting brave people, and attacking the captive camp at night.

However, the cabinet minister Yang Sichang and the director general Jun Gao Qiqian did not say at all that they disagreed with the strategy proposed by Lu Xiangsheng, they just kept emphasizing but at the same time they could not put forward any positive opinions. past.

On the contrary, Cao Huachun, the internal inspector present here, was dissatisfied with Gao Qiqian's rapid climb in the past two or three years, and now he has become the commander of the army of the world's king of soldiers, which faintly threatens him, so he said lightly: "After all, what Mr. Lu said is right."

The meeting lasted until late at night, and no results were reached.

Regarding the invasion of the Tartars, in Emperor Chongzhen's view, as long as the troops of King Qin from all over the country firmly guard Beijing, everything will be fine. As for the people in Jifu, he can no longer take care of them.

Moreover, the issue of whether to conduct a strategic decisive battle with the Tartar elite cavalry near the capital is extremely complicated. The advantage is that this time, elite soldiers from all over the Ming Dynasty will be gathered here, and relying on the imperial spirit and people's hearts of the capital, it will be carried out once. The foundation and capital of the decisive battle.

If you plan well, use gold, silver, and official positions to encourage the generals and boost the morale of the army, you can indeed fight against the fine cavalry of the Tartars. As long as they pose a certain threat to the cavalry, they will not dare to continue to go deep into the interior. Return in vain.

But no one can guarantee that it will be smooth and a good result will be achieved. If the emperor is defeated in the first battle, he must bear the responsibility. crime.

Except for Lu Xiangsheng, who is the main force in the battle, everyone else is ambiguous, with no constructive proposals, and a look of self-preservation, not to mention the cabinet minister Yang Sichang and the director general Jun Gao Qiqian. To control the military power,

Therefore, it is impossible for this matter of defense to be resolved in one meeting.

The governor Lu Xiangsheng only emphasized that the morale of the King Qin soldiers gathered in Changping was good, but the cabinet minister Yang Sichang and the director general Gao Qiqian were worried about the general low morale of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp and the generals were afraid of the captives.

However, Lu Xiangsheng said that to recruit the people of the capital to serve as righteous soldiers and brave people, he had to order the big officials and gentry in the capital to pay money, which was even more difficult. Raising the salary would be strongly opposed by the big officials and gentry in the capital. It is impossible to recruit volunteers and civilians.

What's more, the volunteer soldiers recruited temporarily were untrained and could not withstand a blow from the cavalry, so the meeting went on late into the night without any results, which in vain increased the distress and depression in the heart of Governor Lu Xiangsheng.

The sound of rumbling cannons in the eastern outskirts of the capital shook the heart of governor Lu Xiangsheng, and made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles here. He really wanted to rush back to the Changping army immediately and arrange battles immediately, so as not to waste time here.

Frowning tightly, he stood up and walked to the door, raised his hand and opened the curtain, looked east at the sky-high flames in the direction of Dongzhimen, turned his head and cupped his hands to everyone present and said:

"Tonight, the outskirts of Dongzhimen are constantly fighting, and my generation in the city is arguing about it. Xiang Sheng is heartbroken. I hope you will forgive me. The students still have military affairs, and Changping has other things to take care of. I will discuss it at another time."

Director Jun Gao Qiqian was happy that today's discussion had ended hastily, and hurriedly echoed: "Yes, we will discuss it another day."

As Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian said, the others couldn't insist on continuing to discuss, so they went down the Anding Gate, bid farewell to each other, and left with their respective guards.

Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he sat on the Anding Gate all afternoon, discussing until late at night without any substantive strategy for fighting. He jumped on the Wuming Ji, whipped his horse and galloped away.

He neither gave in to everyone, nor turned around to say hello.

The cabinet minister Yang Sichang shook his head when he saw this, exchanged meaningful glances with Gao Qiqian, the director of the army, and asked Gao Qiqian and the internal supervisor Cao Huachun to get on the horse and go first.

The inner supervisor Cao Huachun didn't say anything, he and Yang Sichang slightly bowed their hands, got on his horse and left with the inner prisoner and guards around him.

As for Gao Qiqian, who is the director of the army, he didn't intend to get on his horse and leave immediately. Instead, he continued to look at Lu Xiangsheng's receding back, and praised repeatedly: "What a horse! What a horse! It's really rare and good. Horse!"

　The foreshadowing in front may be a bit long, book friends, be patient, there will be a small climax soon, Zhang Cheng's first real battle with swords and guns since time travel, and it will directly fight against the strongest army in the late Ming Dynasty, the first battle against the cavalry.

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